Matome Ugaki | |
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![]() Vice Admiral Ugaki Matome (1942–45) | |
Native name | 宇垣 纏 |
Born | Okayama, Okayama, Japan | 15 February 1890
Died | 15 August 1945[1] off Okinawa, Japan | (aged 55)
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Years of service | 1912–1945 |
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Commands | Yakumo, Hyūga, Naval Operations Bureau, 8th Squadron, 1st Squadron, 5th Air Fleet[2][3] |
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Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war.
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